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Paper illustration for Contextual Inquiry.
UX Research
Contextual Inquiry
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Purposedifferent
When work processes are known only from accounts and the real context stays hidden, Contextual Inquiry makes behavior at the workplace visible. Observation and follow-up questions together show how people actually work, get interrupted, and improvise.When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 Wochen60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-12 Beobachtungen4-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Field Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain PointsProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment
Tagsno overlap
UX researchObservationContext
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
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Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
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Kepner-Tregoe
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All